Extend exisiting object with new features

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On 10/02/2005 at 06:20, xxxxxxxx wrote:

User Information:
Cinema 4D Version:   8.100 
Platform:   Windows  ;   
Language(s) :     C++  ;

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Hello,

i want to create an object, e.g. MyLight, that have all features of a c4d light, but i want to save some extra information in my object MyLight.
MyLight should act like a C4DLight in the editor and during rendering, but i want to hide the settings in the description dialog for the light from the user and want to show the user my description.

I think, that could be a way:
- Create a plugin "MyLight" derived from ObjectData
- in Init() from MyLight create a C4DLight, invisible for C4D
- overwrite all functions for drawing and rendering and return the values of the C4DLight

Is this possible? Hope, somebody understands my problem.

Torsten

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On 28/02/2005 at 13:21, xxxxxxxx wrote:

No, it's not possible in that way. The closest you would come would be to create a generator that generates a single light. (Which I actually think would be pretty close to what you're describing.)